Another Wave of Opposition Against Pretrial Risk Assessments as the Texas Legislature Steams Forward House Bill 2020 is making its way through the legislature. We certainly support all efforts to increase the information judges have in making decisions and the other important changes that the bill would make to theRead More →
Opinion: Bail reform is solution looking for a problem (excerpt from Cincinnati.com May 3 2019) Bail reform was in the spotlight again this past week – Cincinnati City Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld’s guest column “It’s time to adopt bail reform in Cincinnati,” (April 20) and The Enquirer editorial board’s “Thumbs up,” (AprilRead More →
Alaska lawmakers unveil compromise crime bill that further rolls back SB 91 (excerpt from Anchorage Daily News May 5 2019) JUNEAU — With less than two weeks remaining in the legislative session, the Alaska House Finance Committee has proposed a compromise crime-fighting plan that appears to satisfy Gov. Mike Dunleavy’sRead More →
Changes to Supreme Court rules weaken judiciary (excerpt from the Joplin Globe May 5 2019) Early this year, the Missouri Supreme Court announced its intent to make sweeping changes to the rules governing bail and pretrial detention throughout the state. The new standards are set to go into effect inRead More →
Commission hears report on jail programs (excerpt from the Silver City Daily Press (Silver City, NM) – April 17 2019 Two Grant County officials discussed the county’s rural justice system at Tuesday’s Grant County Commission work session, where commissioners also laid plans to involve the public more in future planningRead More →
NEW: Landmark Report on Criminal Risk Algorithms Demonstrates Why CO House Bill 1226 is Fatally Flawed On Friday, a landmark research report was issued by the Partnership on AI (Artificial Intelligence) on risk assessments in criminal justice according to an article on Venturebeat.com entitled Algorithms aren’t ready to automate pretrial bail hearings. The PartnershipRead More →
Partnership on AI: Algorithms aren’t ready to automate pretrial bail hearings (Excerpt from Venturebeat – April 26 2019) The Partnership on AI released its first-ever research report today, which declares algorithms now in use unfit to automate the pre-trial bail process or label some people as high risk and detain them, whileRead More →
Oklahoma Poised to Follow the Lead Of New Mexico’s Failed Bail Policies As Senate Bill 252 makes it way to the House Floor, the Oklahoma legislature is set to create chaos in the criminal justice system in Oklahoma should S.B. 252 pass. This legislation reforms how bail is regulated and performs Oklahoma. Read More →
Long Island lawmaker wants to tweak bail reforms to aid prosecutors in building cases against drug traffickers (excerpt from Daily News – April 25 2019) ALBANY — A Long Island Republican wants to rollback recently passed criminal justice reforms to ensure drug traffickers can’t escape justice. Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Hempstead)Read More →
Texas: Thoughts On The Preventative Detention Constitutional Amendment, HJR 62 House Joint Resolution 62 proposes “a constitutional amendment authorizing the denial of bail to an accused person if necessary to ensure the person’s appearance in court and the safety of the community and the victim of the alleged offense.” AsRead More →
